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In Honor of Nelson Mandela

The life of former South African president and activist Nelson Mandela has been celebrated around the world after his death.

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Free Mandela (from the Prison of Fantasy)!

Journalists and activists pull back the curtain on Nelson Mandela’s activism, which has been elevated nearly to mythology.

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Nelson Mandela, South African Icon of Peaceful Resistance, Is Dead

With the death of South Africa’s former president and activist, Nelson Mandela, the world wonders about the country’s moral future.

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Black Men Arrested for Escorting White Teen

A young dancer’s dream to train under an expert turned to nightmare when her escort, a family friend, was arrested and she taken to CPS.

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Can We Trust Each Other?

A Pew Research survey recently found that fewer than one-third of Americans trusted others in everyday interactions. What does this mean?

Samuel Leibowitz, the chief defense attorney, spoke with Haywood Patterson, one of the nine men charged with the rape of two white women on a train, in 1933 in Decatur, Ala. Bettman/Corbis

Alabama Pardons 3 ‘Scottsboro Boys’ After 80 Years

The names of three Black men who were falsely accused of raping a white woman have been cleared, although they’re not alive to witness it.

Joseph Paul Franklin

White Supremacist Serial Killer Executed

Franklin, who targeted interracial couples, Black children, and others, has been put to death by the state of Missouri.

Renisha McBride and the man charged with second-degree murder in her death, Dearborn Heights, Mich., resident Theodore P. Wafer (From the Dearborn Heights Police)

Ted Wafer, Accused Renisha McBride Killer, Told 911 He Shot Someone On His Porch

The young woman was unarmed, impaired, and hurt after a car crash and may have been looking for help when Wafer shot her through the door.

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George Zimmerman: Violent Past and Future

Zimmerman recently dealt with police after pointing a gun at his pregnant girlfriend, but it isn’t his only violent action.

Monica McBride and Walter Ray Simmons, the parents of Renisha McBride address the media during a news conference in Southfield, Mich., Friday, Nov. 15, 2013. Their daughter was shot on Nov. 2  in the face on Theodore P. Wafer's front porch in Dearborn Heights. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

Renisha McBride’s Family Seeks Justice For Daughter’s Shooting

The family’s attorney stated they didn’t want to make it a racial thing because no one should find themselves in McBride’s position.

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Racist Comments Made to France’s Justice Minister, Again?

A far-right tabloid has resorted to racist insults against Christiane Taubira, the Justice Minister who championed gay marriage.

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Genetic clue to high heart risk of black Americans

New information that explains why Black Americans face a higher risk of heart disease may help us close the health gap.

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First MLK’s Kids, Now the Heirs Of Malcolm X Are Headed to Court

Trouble is stirring between Malcolm X’s children and a book publisher over the rights to a diary he wrote in his last year.

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Ridiculed For Having a ‘Black Name’

A 19-Year-old Black woman changes her name from ‘Keisha’ to ‘Kylie’ to avoid bullying and racist stereotypes

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Klansman Halloween Costume

A woman who allowed her child to wear a KKK costume for Halloween in a family tradition that supports white supremacy.

[UNVERIFIED CONTENT] June 22, 1996. A dozen members of a self-anointed and unwelcome KKK group came to Ann Arbor to hold a thumb-in-your-eye rally at City Hall. A protest group, the National Women's Rights Organizations Coalition (NWROC) formed to oppose them. After the rage had been mounting for awhile, this simpleminded redneck wandered up, wearing a Confederate-flag T-shirt and drinking a bottle of Lipton tea. The crowd tore off after him, he fell, and the mob pounced, striking for blood. Keshia Thomas, horrified, threw herself over him to stave off the angry blows. Moments earlier, Thomas, 18, had been in the NWROC group, shouting at the KKK. It was a heroic and passionate moment in a crazy afternoon, well captured in these photographs.
In a story in People Magazine, Thomas was quoted as saying, "You don't beat a man up because he doesn't believe the same things you do. He's still somebody's child."
The guy never dropped his tea bottle . . . .
(He was later identified as one Albert McKeel, Jr.)

A Reminder of Black Heroism

Despite some believe them to be lesser people, many Black people frequently and heroically risk themselves for others.

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A Disrespectful Halloween Costume is Causing Social Media Controversy

Two Florida men have sparked outrage after making fun of the teenager and the man who murdered him.

A former slave cabin like this will be converted into an apartment in Anderson, S.C. (NBC News screenshot)

For Rent: Former Slave Quarters

Controversy has bubbled up around former slave cabins that may be turned into rentals to raise funds to preserve them.

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Only Blonde White Waitresses Are Allowed To Have Hair Highlights At Hooters?

Farryn Johnson has filed a complaint after being fired from her waitressing job for adding highlights to her hair like some of her coworkers.

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New Statistics on African-American’s That Identify As LGBT

Recent research shows that members of the Black LGBTQ+ community face inequalities beyond that of white LGBTQ+ members.

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Black History Document Found in Chicago Home Before Demolition

The diploma of the first black man to become a USC professor was luckily saved before the building it was in was demolished.